Feb. 22, 2006
Complete Release in PDF Format
Download Free Acrobat Reader
THIS WEEK
Friday, Feb. 24 - at UC Santa Barbara, 4 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 25 - vs. UCLA (at UCSB Invitational), 9 a.m.
Saturday, Feb. 25 - at UC Santa Barbara Gaucho Invitational, All Day
Sunday, Feb. 26 - at UC Santa Barbara Gaucho Invitational, All Day
TWO WEEKS AGO
Saturday, Feb. 11 - vs. Hartwick (at UCSD Invitational), W, 8-4
Saturday, Feb. 11 - vs. UC Santa Barbara (at UCSD Invitational), L, 2-5
Sunday, Feb. 12 - vs. UC Irvine (at UCSD Invitational), L, 2-4
Sunday, Feb. 12 - vs. Indiana (at UCSD Invitational), W, 6-2
NOTES
The UC Davis women's water polo team was last in competition at the UC San Diego Triton Invitational where they went 2-2 on the weekend and took seventh place in the fourteen-team tournament... The Aggies opened the tournament on Saturday with a 8-4 win over Hartwick... Christi Raycraft led UC Davis with a hat trick against the Hawks and goalie Lina Moore posted seven saves... The next game pitted the Aggies against UC Santa Barbara, with the Gauchos taking the 5-2 win... Casie Mota and Cassie Schaefer were accountable for the two Aggie goals while Jessi Lafayette drew an impressive four kickouts in the loss... On Sunday, the Aggies faced an early morning loss to UC Irvine... In a close fought defensive battle, UC Davis came up short to the Anteaters, 4-2... Katherine O'Rourke and Lindsay Kiyama produced the UC Davis goals... In the seventh place match Sunday afternoon, the Aggies took a 6-2 victory over Indiana... Jessica Soza posted a team-high two goals and three steals while goalie Amber Korner tallied nine saves against the Hoosiers... Katherine O'Rourke continues to lead the Aggies in goals scored this season with 14 total.. Lina Moore leads the UC Davis goalies with 38 saves so far this season... UC Davis has maintained its No. 15 Collegiate Water Polo Association ranking for the second consecutive week.
UPCOMING OPPONENTS
The Aggies will travel to UC Santa Barbara this week for a full weekend of play. UC Davis and UC Santa Barbara will play on Friday afternoon before both teams compete in the UCSB Gaucho Invitational on Saturday and Sunday.
UC Davis is scheduled to play No. 2 ranked UCLA in the first game of the tournament. The Bruins, who are the defending national champions, are 8-1 on the season so far with their lone loss coming against the No. 1 USC. UCLA currently boasts a roster with over ten athletes that are members of either the USA Youth National Team, Junior National Team or National Team. The last time the Aggies faced the Bruins was last season at the Stanford Invitational where UCLA took away a 13-3 victory. Depending on the outcome of Saturday morning's game, the Aggies will either face Long Beach State or San Jose State Saturday afternoon.
HEAD COACH Jamey Wright
Against UC Santa Barbara: "We didn't come out strong in the first quarter and we gave up some early goals. We chipped our way back, but we went one for eight on six-on-fives. I think how we do against them this week depends on how we execute the six-on-fives."
On UCLA: "With UCLA, you know what they have. We want to shorten the game and work on protecting the ball. If there is not a good scoring opportunity we will dump the ball. The basic blueprint is to force them to score in the front court. Our defense and front court defense is good so we want to make them score in six-on-six situations."
"We just have have to approach UCLA like we did the Cal game. If we withstand the initial barrage and make them play six-on-six, they aren't invinceble, but we have to play perfect."
